EP2167997A1 - Article d'optique revetu d'un revetement antireflet comprenant une sous-couche partiellement formee sous assistance ionique et procede de fabrication - Google Patents
Article d'optique revetu d'un revetement antireflet comprenant une sous-couche partiellement formee sous assistance ionique et procede de fabricationInfo
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- Optical article coated with an antireflection coating comprising a partially formed undercoat under ionic assist and method of manufacture
- the present invention relates to an optical article comprising a substrate coated with an antireflection coating comprising an underlayer, in particular having increased abrasion resistance, and a method for preparing such an optical article.
- ophthalmic lenses are formed successively with coatings such as anti-shock, anti-abrasion and / or anti-reflective coatings.
- An antireflective coating is defined as a coating deposited on the surface of an optical article that enhances the anti-reflective properties of the final optical article. It reduces the reflection of light at the article-air interface over a relatively large portion of the visible spectrum.
- Anti-reflective coatings are well known and typically comprise a monolayer or multilayer stack of dielectric materials such as SiO, SiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , MgF 2 , LiF, Si 3 N 4 , TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , Nb 2 O 5 , Y 2 O 3 , HfO 2 , Sc 2 O 3 , Ta 2 O 5 , Pr 2 O 3 , or mixtures thereof.
- antireflection coatings are preferably multilayer coatings comprising alternately high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers.
- This sublayer may comprise one or more layers.
- the deposition of the layers of the underlayer and the multilayer antireflection stack is conventionally carried out by vapor deposition, possibly assisted by ion beam.
- ion assisted deposition or "IAD" (for Ion Assisted Deposition) is described in particular in the patent application US 2006/01701 1 and US Patent 5,268,781. It does not require heating substrates, which is interesting for the coating of heat-sensitive substrates such as glass or plastic substrates.
- Ion assisted evaporation consists in depositing a film of a material on a substrate by evaporation under vacuum by simultaneously bombarding the surface of the substrate with an ion beam emitted by an ion gun. Ion bombardment causes an atomic rearrangement in the layer being deposited, which increases its density. In addition to densification, the IAD makes it possible to improve the adhesion of the deposited layers and to increase their refractive index.
- the patent application WO 2005/059603 in the name of the applicant, describes an ophthalmic lens substrate coated with a colored multilayer anti-reflective coating, deposited without ionic assistance, and an anti-fouling coating.
- the antireflection coating is composed of a silica underlayer of 100-1 10 nm thick, and alternating layers of high refractive index refractive index in the visible sub-stoichiometric titanium oxide TiO x (x ⁇ 2) and layers of low refractive index (B1) based on SiO 2 doped with 1-5% by weight of Al 2 O 3 , relative to the total mass SiO 2 + Al 2 O 3 .
- IPC Ion Pre-cleaning
- ionic pre-cleaning by bombarding the substrate with argon ions using an ion gun.
- the optical article obtained according to the teaching of the patent application WO 2005/059603 has satisfactory abrasion resistance properties, but which can however be improved.
- this three-layer underlayer rather than a single layer of SiO 2 / Al 2 O 3 improves the heat resistance properties of the optical article.
- This patent is not interested in improving the abrasion resistance.
- EP 1 184685 and EP 1184686 disclose an optical element comprising a plastic substrate coated with a sublayer of Nb (niobium metal) or SiO 2 and an antireflection stack.
- the underlayer only when in niobium
- some layers of the antireflection stack can be deposited by evaporation assisted by argon ions.
- the prepared article has good heat and scratch resistance, but its abrasion resistance has not been evaluated.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a transparent optical article, in particular an ophthalmic lens, comprising a mineral or organic glass substrate and an antireflection coating including an underlayer, which has the advantage of having both improved abrasion resistance and adhesion properties compared with optical articles of the prior art.
- the prepared optical articles must retain excellent transparency properties, have good resistance to hot water quenching followed by mechanical surface stress, and be free from optical defects.
- Another object of the invention is a method of preparing optical articles such as above, which is capable of easily integrating into the conventional process of manufacturing optical articles, and preferably avoiding heating. of the substrate.
- the present inventors have found that a modification of the antireflection coating underlayer formation process achieves all the objectives set forth above.
- an optical article with antireflection properties comprising a substrate having at least one main surface coated with an antireflection coating comprising, starting from the substrate:
- an underlayer comprising two adjacent layers, preferably formed of the same material, the sum of the thicknesses of these two adjacent layers being greater than or equal to 75 nm; and a multilayer antireflection stack comprising at least one layer of high refractive index and at least one layer of low refractive index, the deposition of the first of said two adjacent layers of the underlayer having been produced without ionic assistance and the deposition the second of said two adjacent layers of the sublayer having been produced under ionic assistance.
- the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such an optical article with antireflection properties, comprising at least the following steps:
- an optical article comprising a substrate having at least one major surface
- an underlayer having an exposed surface said sublayer comprising two adjacent layers, preferably formed of the same material, the deposition of the first of these two adjacent layers being carried out without ionic assistance, the deposition the second of these two adjacent layers being ion-assisted, and the sum of the thicknesses of these two adjacent layers being greater than or equal to 75 nm;
- a multilayer antireflection stack comprising at least one layer of high refractive index and at least one layer of low refractive index
- an optical article comprises one or more coatings on its surface
- the term "depositing a layer or coating on the article” means that a layer or coating is deposited on the surface to be coated. discovered (exposed) of the outer coating of the article, that is to say its coating farthest from the substrate.
- a coating that is "on” a substrate or that has been “deposited” on a substrate is defined as a coating that (i) is positioned above the substrate, (ii) is not necessarily in contact with the substrate, i.e. one or more intermediate coatings may be disposed between the substrate and the coating in question, and (iii) does not necessarily cover the substrate completely.
- multilayer antireflective stack is meant the multilayer stack of antireflection coating which is deposited on the underlayer of the antireflection coating. In the rest of the application, it will simply be called “multilayer stacking.”
- the optical article prepared according to the invention comprises a substrate, preferably transparent, made of organic or inorganic glass, having main front and rear faces, at least one of said main faces comprising an antireflection coating comprising an underlayer coated with a multilayer stack, preferably the two main faces.
- the multilayer stack is preferably directly in contact with the underlayer.
- rear face (generally concave) of the substrate is meant the face which, when using the article, is closest to the eye of the wearer.
- front face (generally convex) of the substrate means the face which, when using the article, is furthest from the eye of the wearer.
- the underlayer and the multilayer stack of the antireflection coating of the optical article according to the invention may be deposited on any substrate, and preferably on substrates made of organic glass, for example a thermoplastic plastic material. or thermosetting.
- thermoplastic materials that are suitable for substrates, mention may be made of (meth) acrylic (co) polymers, in particular poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA),
- thio (meth) acrylic polymers polyvinyl butyral (PVB), polycarbonates (PC), polyurethanes (PU), poly (thiourethanes), polyol allyl carbonates (co) polymers, ethylene thermoplastic copolymers / vinyl acetate, polyesters such as poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) or poly (butylene terephthalate) (PBT), polyepisulfides, polyepoxides, polycarbonate / polyester copolymers, copolymers of cycloolefins such as ethylene / norbornene or ethylene / cyclopentadiene copolymers and combinations thereof.
- PET poly (ethylene terephthalate)
- PBT poly (butylene terephthalate)
- polyepisulfides polyepoxides
- polycarbonate / polyester copolymers copolymers of cycloolefins such as ethylene / norbornene or
- (co) polymer is meant a copolymer or a polymer.
- (meth) acrylate is meant an acrylate or a methacrylate.
- alkyl (methacrylates) such as methyl (meth) acrylate and ethyl (meth) acrylate
- polyethoxylated aromatic (meth) acrylates such as polyethoxylated bisphenol di (meth) acrylates
- allyl derivatives such as linear or branched aliphatic or
- polycarbonate is intended to mean homopolycarbonates as well as copolycarbonates and copolycarbonates that are sequenced.
- the polycarbonates are commercially available, for example from the companies GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY under the trademark LEXAN ® , TEIJIN under the trademark PANLITE ® , BAYER under the brand BAYBLEND ® , MOBAY CHEMICHAL Corp. under the trademark MAKROLON ® and DOW CHEMICAL Co. under the trade name CALIBER ® .
- Examples of (co) polymers of polyol allyl carbonates include (co) polymers of ethylene glycol bis (allyl carbonate), diethylene glycol bis 2-methyl carbonate, diethylene glycol bis (allyl carbonate), ethylene glycol bis (2-chloro allyl carbonate), triethylene glycol bis (allyl carbonate), 1,3-propanediol bis (allyl carbonate), propylene glycol bis (2-ethyl allyl carbonate), 1,3-butenediol bis (allyl carbonate) ), 1,4-butenediol bis (2-bromo allyl carbonate), dipropylene glycol bis (allyl carbonate), trimethylene glycol bis (2-ethyl allyl carbonate), pentamethylene glycol bis (allyl carbonate), isopropylene bisphenol A bis (allyl carbonate).
- Particularly recommended substrates are substrates obtained by (co) polymerizing the bis allyl carbonate of diethylene glycol, sold, e.g., under the trade name CR-39 ® from PPG Industries (ORMA ® lenses ESSILOR).
- the substrates that are also particularly recommended mention may be made of the substrates obtained by polymerization of the thio (meth) acrylic monomers, such as those described in the French patent application FR 2734827.
- the substrates may be obtained by polymerization of mixtures of the above monomers, or may further comprise mixtures of these polymers and (co) polymers.
- Preferred organic substrates in the context of the invention are those having a thermal expansion coefficient of 50.10 ⁇ 6 ⁇ € ⁇ 1 180.10 "6 0 C" 1, and preferably 100.10 "6 ⁇ € 1 to 6 180.10 ° C ⁇
- the underlayer on the optionally coated substrate for example an anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch layer
- a physical activation treatment or chemical intended to increase the adhesion of the undercoat.
- This pre-treatment is generally conducted under vacuum. It may be a bombardment with energetic species, for example an ion beam ("Ion Pre-
- Cleaning "or” IPC or an electron beam, a corona discharge treatment, effluvage, a UV treatment, or a vacuum plasma treatment, generally an oxygen plasma or It can also be an acidic or basic surface treatment and / or by solvents
- energetic species especially ionic species having an energy ranging from 1 to 300 eV, preferably from 1 to 150 eV, better from 10 to 150 eV, and more preferably from 40 to 150 eV.
- the energetic species can be chemical species such as ions, radicals, or species such as photons or electrons.
- the preferred pretreatment of the surface of the substrate is an ion bombardment treatment carried out by means of an ion gun, the ions being particles consisting of gas atoms from which one or more electrons (s) have been extracted.
- Argon (Ar + ions), but also oxygen, or mixtures thereof, are preferably used as argonized gases under an acceleration voltage generally ranging from 50 to 200 V, a current density generally between 10 and 100 ⁇ A / cm 2 on the activated surface, and generally under a residual pressure in the vacuum chamber which can vary from 8.10 ⁇ 5 mbar to 2.10 -4 mbar.
- an underlayer is used in combination with a multilayer stack comprising at least one layer of high refractive index and at least one layer of low refractive index.
- underlayer or adhesion layer is meant a coating which is deposited on the substrate (bare or coated) before the deposition of the multilayer stack of the invention.
- the underlayer must be of sufficient thickness to promote the abrasion resistance of the antireflection coating, but preferably not so great as not to have too much total stress and risk adhesion problems.
- the underlayer Given its relatively large thickness, the underlayer generally does not participate in the anti-reflective optical function, in particular in the case where it has a refractive index close to the bare substrate, if the underlayer is deposited on the bare substrate, or coating if the undercoat is deposited on a coated substrate.
- the underlayer of the invention is a multilayer (laminated) sublayer, preferably bilayer. In the latter case, it contains no other layers than the two adjacent layers preferably formed of the same material and whose sum of thicknesses is greater than or equal to 75 nm.
- the sum of these thicknesses is preferably greater than or equal to 80 nm, better still greater than or equal to 100 nm and better still greater than or equal to 150 nm.
- the sum of the thicknesses of these two adjacent layers is generally less than 250 nm, better still less than 200 nm.
- the underlayer of the antireflection coating of the invention comprises two adjacent layers preferably of the same chemical nature but having different characteristics obtained by using two different deposition techniques.
- the second of these two adjacent layers to be deposited has a density greater than that of the first because it has been formed under ionic assistance while the first of these two adjacent layers to be deposited has not been formed. under ionic assistance.
- the first of these two adjacent layers to be deposited can be referred to as "lower layer” of the underlayer, while the second of these two adjacent layers to be deposited may be described as "top layer" of the underlayer.
- These two adjacent layers of the underlayer are preferably formed from the same material, which means, in the context of the present application, that they have been formed from the same material, for example by evaporation of the same compound ( or the same mixture of compounds).
- the lower layer and the upper layer of the underlayer are preferably SiO 2 -based layers. They may comprise, in addition to silica, one or more other materials conventionally used for the manufacture of underlays, for example one or more materials chosen from the dielectric materials described above and subsequently in the present description. They are preferably based on SiO 2 layers free of Al 2 O 3, and more preferably, they consist of layers of SiO 2.
- the lower layer and the upper layer of the underlayer of the present invention preferably comprise at least 70% by weight of SiO 2 , better still at least 80% by weight and more preferably at least 90% by weight of SiO 2 . As has been said, in an optimal embodiment, they each comprise 100% by weight of silica.
- the thickness ratio of the lower layer of the underlayer / thickness of the upper layer of the underlayer preferably ranges from 9: 1 to 1: 9, more preferably from 4: 6 to 6: 4. According to the embodiment presented in the experimental part, this ratio is 1: 1.
- the thicknesses mentioned in the present application are physical thicknesses, unless otherwise indicated.
- the lower layer and the upper layer of the underlayer can be distinguished, in particular by transmission electron microscopy analysis, ion beam analysis (RBS) or, where appropriate, by evidence by diffusion of a colored material, because of their different porosities.
- the underlayer according to the invention comprises at least the two adjacent layers mentioned above. It may comprise other layers, preferably at most three other layers, better at most two other layers, interposed between the optionally coated substrate and said two adjacent layers, in particular if the optionally coated substrate has a high refractive index. These additional layers are preferably thin layers, the function of which is to limit the reflections at the interface substrate / underlayer (or anti-abrasion coating and / or anti-scratch / underlayer, as appropriate).
- the substrate has a high refractive index (term by which a refractive index greater than or equal to 1, 55, preferably greater than or equal to 1.57) is meant, and the underlayer is deposited directly on the substrate. substrate or that the substrate is coated with an anti-abrasion and / or scratch-resistant coating of high refractive index (i.e.
- the sub-layer is layer preferably comprises, besides the two adjacent layers preferably formed of the same material and whose sum of the thicknesses is greater than or equal to 75 nm, a layer of high refractive index and thickness of less than or equal to 80 nm, better or less equal to 50 nm and more preferably less than or equal to 30 nm.
- This high refractive index layer is directly in contact with the high index substrate or the high index anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch coating.
- this embodiment can be used even if the substrate (or the anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch coating) has a refractive index of less than 1.55.
- the sub-layer comprises, in addition to the two adjacent layers preferably formed of the same material and whose sum of the thicknesses is greater than or equal to 75 nm and the above-mentioned high refractive index layer, a layer of low index material. of refraction (that is to say less than or equal to 1, 55, preferably less than or equal to 1, 52, better still less than or equal to 1, 50) based on SiO 2 , free or not of Al 2 O 3 , of thickness less than or equal to 80 nm, better still less than or equal to 50 nm and better still less than or equal to 30 nm, on which is deposited said high refractive index layer.
- a layer of low index material. of refraction that is to say less than or equal to 1, 55, preferably less than or equal to 1, 52, better still less than or equal to 1, 50
- the sub-layer comprises, deposited in this order from the substrate, a 25 nm layer of SiO 2 , a 10 nm layer of ZrO 2 , the so-called “lower” layer of the undercoat layer. and the so-called “upper” layer of the underlayer.
- the different layers of the underlayer are preferably deposited by evaporation under vacuum.
- the DAI operation that the upper layer of the underlayer undergoes can be carried out by means of an ion gun, the ions being particles consisting of gas atoms from which one or more electron (s) have been extracted. . It consists preferentially in a bombardment of the surface to be treated with oxygen ions, with a current density generally between 10 and 200 ⁇ A / cm 2 , preferably between 30 and 100 ⁇ A / cm 2 on the activated surface and generally under a residual pressure in the vacuum chamber may vary from 6.10 '5 mbar to 2.10 ' 4 mbar, preferably from 8.10 '5 mbar to 2.10 ' 4 mbar.
- ionized gases can be used in combination or not with oxygen, such as argon, nitrogen, especially a mixture of O 2 and argon in a volume ratio of 2: 1 to 1: 2 . It is recommended that the lower layer of the underlayer is not deposited under ionic assistance. In the opposite case, this amounts to depositing an underlayer comprising a single layer of thickness greater than or equal to 75 nm and of high density, which causes a decrease in the adhesion of certain layers of the antireflection coating.
- oxygen such as argon, nitrogen, especially a mixture of O 2 and argon in a volume ratio of 2: 1 to 1: 2 .
- the inventors believe that the deposition of a sub-layer of thickness greater than or equal to 75 nm under ionic assistance leads to a denser underlayer, which can lead to stress (compression) too strong anti-reflective coating and therefore a decrease in its adhesion properties.
- the fact of making the deposition of the underlayer according to the method of the invention makes it possible to increase the resistance to abrasion of the final article while limiting the increase in compressive stress so as to avoid weakening the structure of the antireflection coating.
- the underlayer of the invention has a total thickness of greater than or equal to 75 nm, preferably greater than or equal to 80 nm, better still greater than or equal to 100 nm and better still greater than or equal to 150 nm. Its thickness is generally less than 250 nm, better still less than 200 nm.
- the multilayer stack of the antireflection coating is preferably deposited directly on the exposed surface of the underlayer, i.e. directly on the exposed surface of the upper layer of the underlayer.
- the exposed surface of the underlayer may be subjected, prior to the deposition of the first layer of the multilayer stack, to a physical or chemical activation treatment that may be chosen from the pre-treatments to which the substrate may be submitted before the deposition of the undercoat and which have already been presented above.
- the preferred pretreatment is ion bombardment.
- Such physical or chemical activation treatments can also be carried out on the surface of one or more layers of the multilayer stack, in particular on the surface of the penultimate layer of this stack.
- a layer of the multilayer stack of the antireflection coating is said layer of high refractive index (H1) when its refractive index is greater than 1, 55, preferably greater than or equal to 1, 6 more preferably greater than or equal to 1.7, more preferably greater than or equal to 1.8, and more preferably greater than or equal to 1.9.
- a layer of the multilayer stack of the antireflection coating is called a low refractive index layer (B1) when its refractive index is less than or equal to 1.55, preferably less than or equal to 1.52, better still less than or equal to 1, 50.
- the H1 layers are conventional high refractive index layers well known in the art. They generally comprise one or more mineral oxides such as, without limitation, zirconia (ZrO 2 ), titanium oxide (TiO 2 ), tantalum pentoxide (Ta 2 O 5 ), neodymium oxide (Nd 2 O 5 ), praseodymium oxide (Pr 2 O 3 ), praseodymium titanate (PrTiO 3 ), La 2 O 3 , Dy 2 O 5 , Nb 2 O 5 , Y 2 O 3 .
- ZrO 2 zirconia
- TiO 2 titanium oxide
- Ta 2 O 5 tantalum pentoxide
- Nd 2 O 5 neodymium oxide
- Pr 2 O 3 praseodymium oxide
- PrTiO 3 praseodymium titanate
- the high-index layers may also contain silica or alumina, provided that their refractive index is greater than 1, 55, preferably greater than or equal to 1, 6, better still greater than or equal to 1, 7 and even better than or equal to 1, 9.
- Preferred materials are TiO 2 , PrTiO 3 , ZrO 2 and mixtures thereof.
- at least one layer H1 of the multilayer stack is a layer based on TiO 2 , whose high refractive index is particularly interesting. It is preferably deposited under ionic assistance (IAD), which increases the compression of this layer and thereby its refractive index.
- at least one layer H1 of the multilayer stack is a layer based on PrTiO 3 , the high thermal resistance is particularly interesting.
- Bl layers are also well known and may include, without limitation, SiO 2 , MgF 2 , ZrF 4 , alumina (Al 2 O 3 ), AlF 3 , chiolite (Na 3 Al 3 F 14 ), cryolite (Na 3 [AlF 6 ]), and their mixtures, preferably SiO 2 or SiO 2 doped with alumina, which contributes to increasing the thermal resistance of the antireflection coating. It is also possible to use SiOF layers (fluorine-doped SiO 2 ). Of course, the mixtures of these compounds with optionally one or more other materials selected from the dielectric materials described above in the present description are such that the refractive index of the resulting layer is as defined above ( ⁇ 1.55 ).
- a layer B1 comprising a mixture of SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3
- it preferably comprises from 1 to 10%, better still from 1 to 8% and even more preferably from 1 to 5% by weight of Al 2 O 3 relative to the total mass of SiO 2 + Al 2 O 3 in this layer. Too high a proportion of alumina may be detrimental to the adhesion of the AR coating.
- SiO 2 doped with 4% or less Al 2 O 3 by weight, or SiO 2 doped with 8% Al 2 O 3 may be employed.
- At least one layer B1 of the multilayer stack comprises a mixture of SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 , preferably consisting of a mixture of SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 .
- all the layers B1 of the multilayer stack comprise a mixture of SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 , preferably consisting of a mixture of SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 .
- the upper layer and the lower layer of the underlayer are SiO 2 based layers free of Al 2 O 3 .
- the layers H1 have a physical thickness varying from 10 to 120 nm
- the layers B1 have a physical thickness varying from 10 to 100 nm.
- the total thickness of the antireflection coating is less than 1 micrometer, better still less than or equal to 800 nm and better still less than or equal to 500 nm.
- the total thickness of the antireflection coating is generally greater than 100 nm, preferably greater than 150 nm.
- the multilayer stack comprises at least two layers of low refractive index (B1) and at least two layers of high refractive index (H1).
- the total number of layers of the multilayer stack is less than or equal to 8, better still less than or equal to 6. It is not necessary that the layers H1 and B1 are alternated in the stack, although they may the being according to one embodiment of the invention.
- Two or more layers H1 may be deposited one on top of the other, just as two or more layers B1 (or more) can be deposited one on top of the other.
- the sub-layer is adjacent to a layer of high refractive index (H1) of the multilayer stack.
- the outer layer of the multilayer stack is a layer comprising a mixture of silicon oxide and aluminum oxide, in proportions preferential ones such as those described above.
- optical layers are preferably deposited by vacuum deposition according to one of the following techniques: i) by evaporation, possibly assisted by ion beam; ii) ion beam sputtering; iii) sputtering; iv) plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition.
- a particularly preferred technique is the vacuum evaporation technique.
- each of the layers of the antireflection coating is carried out by evaporation under vacuum.
- evaporation under vacuum Such a method has the advantage of avoiding heating the substrate, which is particularly interesting in the case of organic glasses.
- the deposition of one or more layers of the multilayer stack and / or the underlayer is performed in a vacuum chamber with gas supply during the deposition step.
- a gas such as, without limitation, argon, oxygen or mixtures thereof, is introduced into the vacuum deposition chamber during the deposition of a layer.
- This modification of the deposition process of this layer generally makes it possible to limit the stresses in the antireflection coating and to reinforce the adhesion of the layers that compose it.
- this deposition technique called deposition under gas pressure regulation, it is preferred to use an oxygen atmosphere (so-called "passive" oxygen).
- optical articles tend to charge static electricity, especially when they are cleaned in dry conditions by rubbing their surface with a cloth, a piece of synthetic foam or polyester. . They are then able to attract and fix small particles nearby such as dust, during the entire time the load remains on the article.
- an article can acquire antistatic properties thanks to the presence on its surface of an electrically conductive layer. This technique has been applied in international application WO 01/55752 and patent EP 0834092. This layer allows rapid dissipation of the charge.
- antistatic is meant the property of not retaining and / or developing an appreciable electrostatic charge.
- An article is generally considered to have acceptable antistatic properties, when it does not attract and fix dust and small particles after one of its surfaces has been rubbed with a suitable cloth.
- One of these techniques consists in taking into account the static potential of the material.
- the material When the static potential of the material (measured while the article has not been loaded) is 0 KV +/- 0.1 KV (in absolute value), the material is antistatic, but when its static potential is different from 0 KV +/- 0.1 KV (in absolute value), the material is said to be static.
- the ability of a glass to evacuate a static charge obtained after friction by a fabric or by any other method of generating an electrostatic charge can be quantified by a measurement of dissipation time of said charge.
- the antistatic glasses have a discharge time of the order of a few hundred milliseconds, preferably 200 ms or less, while it is of the order of several tens of seconds for a static glass.
- the article of the invention can be made antistatic by incorporating at least one electrically conductive layer into the multilayer stack.
- the electrically conductive layer may be located at different locations on the antireflection coating, provided that its antireflection properties are not disturbed. It may for example be deposited on the underlayer of the invention and constitute the first layer of the multilayer stack. It is preferably located between two dielectric layers of the multilayer stack, and / or under a layer of low refractive index of the multilayer stack.
- the electrically conductive layer must be thin enough not to alter the transparency of the antireflection coating. Generally, its thickness varies from 0.1 to 150 nm, better from 0.1 to 50 nm, depending on its nature. A thickness of less than 0.1 nm generally does not provide sufficient electrical conductivity, whereas a thickness greater than 150 nm generally does not provide the required transparency and low absorption characteristics.
- the electrically conductive layer is preferably made from an electrically conductive and highly transparent material. In this case, its thickness preferably varies from 0.1 to 30 nm, better still from 1 to 20 nm and better still from 1 to 15 nm.
- the electrically conductive layer preferably comprises a metal oxide selected from indium oxide, tin oxide, zinc oxide and mixtures thereof.
- the electrically conductive and optically transparent layer is a layer of tin-indium oxide, denoted ITO layer.
- the electrically conductive layer contributes to obtaining anti-reflective properties and provides a high refractive index layer in the antireflection coating. This is the case of layers made from an electrically conductive and highly transparent material such as ITO layers.
- the electrically conductive layer may also be a layer of a noble metal (Ag, Au, Pt, etc.) of very small thickness, typically less than 1 nm thick, better still less than 0.5 nm.
- a noble metal Au, Pt, etc.
- the multilayer stack of the antireflection coating comprises at least four dielectric layers, preferably four or five, and optionally an electrically conductive layer which gives antistatic properties to the article.
- the antireflection coating of the invention comprises, in the order of deposition on the surface of the substrate, a bilayer of SiO 2 sub-layer of thickness greater than or equal to 75 nm according to the invention a ZrO 2 layer, generally 10 to 40 nm thick and preferably 15 to 35 nm, a SiO 2 or SiO 2 / Al 2 O 3 layer, preferably SiO 2 / Al 2 O 3 , generally 10 to 40 nm thick and preferably 15 to 35 nm, a TiO 2 layer, generally 40 to 150 nm thick, preferably 50 to 120 nm, a ZrO 2 layer, generally 8 to 30 nm thick and preferably from 10 to 25 nm, optionally an electrically conductive layer, preferably a layer of ITO, generally from 0.1 to 30
- the multilayer stack of the invention comprises an electrically conductive layer
- the article of the invention comprises a TiO 2 / ZrO 2 stack / electrically conductive layer, the first layer mentioned being the closest of the substrate.
- an underlayer according to the invention of SiO 2 with a thickness greater than or equal to 120 nm is deposited successively from the surface of the substrate optionally coated with one or more functional coatings.
- the electrically conductive layer which is generally a layer of high refractive index of the antireflection stack, may be deposited by any suitable technique, for example by vacuum deposition by evaporation, preferably assisted by ion beam (IAD), or by cathode sputtering or ion beam technique.
- IAD ion beam
- the three successive layers TiO 2 / ZrO 2 / electrically conductive layer are preferably all deposited under ionic assistance (IAD), preferably under the assistance of oxygen ions.
- the underlayer and the multilayer stack can be deposited directly on a bare substrate.
- the main surface of the substrate is coated with one or more functional coatings prior to deposition of the antireflection coating of the invention.
- These functional coatings conventionally used in optics may be, without limitation, a layer of shockproof primer, an anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch coating, a polarized coating, a photochromic coating, an antistatic coating or a colored coating.
- the underlayer and the multilayer stack are preferably deposited on an anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch coating.
- the anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch coating may be any layer conventionally used as an anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch coating in the field of ophthalmic lenses.
- the abrasion-resistant and / or scratch-resistant coatings are preferably hard coatings based on poly (meth) acrylates or silanes, generally comprising one or more mineral fillers intended to increase the hardness and / or the refractive index of the product. coating once cured
- the anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch hard coatings are preferably prepared from compositions comprising at least one alkoxysilane and / or a hydrolyzate thereof, obtained for example by hydrolysis with a hydrochloric acid solution. After the hydrolysis step, the duration of which is generally between 1 h and 24 h, preferably between 2 h and 6 h, condensation and / or curing catalysts may optionally be added.
- a surfactant compound is also preferably added to promote the optical quality of the deposit.
- coatings based on epoxysilane hydrolysates such as those described in patents FR 2702486 (EP 0614957), US Pat. No. 4,221,823 and US Pat. No. 5,015,523.
- a preferred anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch coating composition is that disclosed in FR 2702486, in the name of the applicant. It comprises a hydrolyzate of epoxy trialkoxysilane and dialkyl dialkoxysilane, colloidal silica and a catalytic amount of aluminum-based curing catalyst such as aluminum acetylacetonate, the remainder consisting essentially of solvents conventionally used to the formulation of such compositions.
- the hydrolyzate used is a hydrolyzate of ⁇ -glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GLYMO) and dimethyldiethoxysilane (DMDES).
- GLYMO ⁇ -glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane
- DMDES dimethyldiethoxysilane
- the anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch coating composition may be deposited on the main surface of the substrate by dipping or centrifugation. It is then cured by the appropriate route (preferably thermal,
- the thickness of the anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch coating generally varies from 2 to 10 ⁇ m, preferably from 3 to 5 ⁇ m. Prior to the deposition of the anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch coating, it is possible to deposit on the substrate a primer coating improving the impact resistance and / or the adhesion of the subsequent layers in the final product.
- This coating may be any layer of shockproof primer conventionally used for articles made of transparent polymeric material, such as ophthalmic lenses.
- primer compositions based on thermoplastic polyurethanes, such as those described in Japanese Patents JP 63-141001 and JP 63-87223, poly (meth) acrylic primer compositions, such as those described in US Pat. in US Pat. No. 5,015,523, compositions based on thermosetting polyurethanes, such as those described in patent EP 0404111 and compositions based on poly (meth) acrylic latex or polyurethane type latex, such as those described in US Pat. US Patents 5,316,791 and EP 0680492.
- Preferred primer compositions are polyurethane-based compositions and latex-based compositions, particularly polyurethane latices.
- the poly (meth) acrylic latexes are latexes of copolymers consisting mainly of a (meth) acrylate, such as for example ethyl (meth) acrylate, butyl, methoxyethyl or ethoxyethyl, with a generally minor proportion of at least one other comonomer, such as, for example, styrene.
- a (meth) acrylate such as for example ethyl (meth) acrylate, butyl, methoxyethyl or ethoxyethyl
- at least one other comonomer such as, for example, styrene.
- Preferred poly (meth) acrylic latices are acrylate-styrene copolymer latices.
- Such latexes of acrylate-styrene copolymers are commercially available from Zeneca Resins under the name Neocryl ®.
- Polyurethane latices are also known and commercially available. By way of example, mention may be made of polyurethane latices containing polyester units. Such latex are also marketed by Zeneca Resins under the name NEOREZ ® and the company Baxenden Chemicals under the name WITCOBOND ®.
- Witcobond ® 232 compositions Witcobond ® 234, Witcobond ® 240, Witcobond ® 242, Neorez R-962 ®, ® Neorez R-972, Neorez R-986 ® and Neorez ® R-9603.
- primer compositions can be deposited on the faces of the article by dipping or centrifugation and then dried at a temperature of at least 70 ° C and up to 100 ° C, preferably of the order of 90 ° C for a period of 2 minutes to 2 hours, generally of the order of 15 minutes, to form primer layers having thicknesses, after curing, of 0.2 to 2.5 ⁇ m, preferably of 0.5 to 1.5 ⁇ m.
- the optical article according to the invention may also comprise coatings formed on the antireflection coating and capable of modifying its surface properties, such as hydrophobic and / or oleophobic coatings (anti-fouling top coat). These coatings are preferably deposited on the outer layer of the antireflection coating. Their thickness is generally less than or equal to 10 nm, preferably from 1 to 10 nm, more preferably from 1 to 5 nm.
- fluorosilane or fluorosilazane type coatings are generally fluorosilane or fluorosilazane type coatings. They can be obtained by depositing a fluorosilane or fluorosilazane precursor, preferably comprising at least two hydrolyzable groups per molecule.
- the precursor fluorosilanes preferentially contain fluoropolyether groups and better still perfluoropolyether groups.
- fluorosilanes are well known and are described, inter alia, in US Patents 5,081,192, US 5,763,061, US 6,183,872, US 5,739,639, US 5,922,787, US 6,337,235, US 6,277,485 and EP 0933377.
- an optical article according to the invention comprises a substrate successively coated with a layer of anti-shock primer, an anti-abrasion and / or anti-scratch layer, an underlayer according to the invention, a multilayer anti-reflective stack and a hydrophobic and / or oleophobic coating.
- the article according to the invention is preferably an optical lens, better an ophthalmic lens for glasses, or an optical or ophthalmic lens blank.
- the lens may be a polarized lens or a photochromic lens.
- the optical article according to the invention has increased abrasion resistance properties compared to the same article whose sub-layer has been deposited in a conventional manner. These abrasion-resistant properties can be evaluated using the BAYER ASTM test, described in the experimental section.
- optical articles according to the invention preferably have an ASTM BAYER value greater than or equal to 4.5 according to the ASTM standard F 735.81, better still greater than or equal to 5 and better still greater than or equal to 5.2.
- the different layers of the antireflection coating have good adhesion properties, particularly at the interface with the substrate.
- the adhesion properties of the entire antireflection coating to the substrate were verified by means of the test commonly called "No. 10 strokes", following the procedure described in the international application WO 99/49097.
- the optical article according to the invention has a high thermal resistance, measured by its critical temperature, defined as that from which the appearance of cracks in the antireflection coating is observed.
- the critical temperature of an article according to the invention is preferably greater than or equal to 80 ° C, better still greater than or equal to 85 ° C and more preferably greater than or equal to 90 ° C.
- the optical article according to the invention does not absorb in the visible or absorbs little in the visible, which means, in the sense of the present application, that its transmission factor in the visible ⁇ v , also called relative factor of transmission in the visible, is greater than 90%, better than 95%, better still greater than 96% and optimally greater than 97%.
- the ⁇ v factor meets a standardized international definition (ISO 13666: 1998) and is measured in accordance with ISO 8980-3. It is defined in the wavelength range from 380 to 780 nm.
- the light absorption of the coated article according to the invention is less than or equal to 1%. More preferably, the average factor of reflection in the visible range (400-700 nm) of an article coated with an antireflection coating according to the invention, denoted R m , is less than 2.5% per side, better lower at 2% per side and better still less than 1% per face of the article.
- the article comprises a substrate whose two main surfaces are coated with an antireflection coating according to the invention and has a total value of R m (cumulative reflection due to the two faces) of less than 1%. preferably between 0.7 and 0.8%.
- the means for achieving such values of R m are well known to those skilled in the art.
- the "average reflection factor" is as defined in the standard
- optical articles used in the examples include a 65 mm diameter ORMA ® ESSILOR lens substrate with a power of -2.00 diopters and a thickness of 1.2 mm, coated (except for example C2) with a coating of antishock primer based on a polyurethane latex containing polyester units, cured at 90 ° C for 1 hour (Witcobond ® 234 BAXENDEN CHEMICALS modified by dilution to reduce its viscosity, centrifugal deposition at 1500 revolutions / minute for 10 to 15 seconds ) and then the abrasion-resistant and anti-scratch coating (hard coat) disclosed in example 3 of patent EP 0614957 (with a refractive index equal to 1.50), based on a hydrolyzate of GLYMO and DMDES, of colloidal silica and aluminum acetylacetonate, an antireflection coating and finally an anti-fouling coating.
- Said anti-abrasion and anti-scratch coating was obtained by deposition and curing of a composition
- a composition comprising, by mass, 224 parts of GLYMO, 80.5 parts of 0.1 N HCl, 120 parts of DMDES, 718 parts of colloidal silica. 30% by weight in methanol, 15 parts of aluminum acetylacetonate and 44 parts of ethylcellosolve.
- the composition also comprises 0.1% surfactant FLUORAD TM FC-430 from 3M ® by weight based on the total weight of the composition.
- the layers of the underlayer and multilayer stack of the antireflection coating were deposited without heating the substrates by vacuum evaporation, possibly, when specified, assisted by ion beam and / or with oxygen supply during the deposition (source evaporation: electron gun).
- source evaporation: electron gun The SiO 2 / Al 2 O 3 mixture used in the examples is the substance L5 ® marketed by
- the antistatic layers are formed of tin-indium oxide (ITO) supplied by Optron Inc.
- the antifouling coating was obtained by vacuum evaporation of the compound OF1 supplied by Optron Inc. (thickness: 2-5 nm).
- the deposition frame is a Leybold 1 104 machine equipped with an ESV14 electron gun ( 8kV) for the evaporation of oxides, a Joule effect crucible for the deposition of the top coat and an End-Hall type ion gun (KRI for Examples 1, 2 and C1, Commonwealth Mark II for example C2) for the preliminary phase of preparation of the substrate surface by argon ions (IPC) and optionally that of the underlayer (only example C1), as well as for the layers of layers under ionic assistance.
- ESV14 electron gun 8kV
- Joule effect crucible for the deposition of the top coat
- an End-Hall type ion gun KRI for Examples 1, 2 and C1, Commonwealth Mark II for example C2
- IPC argon ions
- the thickness of the layers is controlled by means of a quartz microbalance.
- the process for preparing the optical articles comprises introducing the substrate coated with a primer coating (except Example C2) and an anti-abrasion coating into a vacuum deposition chamber, a pumping step up to obtaining a secondary vacuum, a step of activating the surface of the substrate by an argon ion beam (IPC: 2 minutes, 18 cm 3 / min, 3 A for Examples 1, 2 and C1; 2 minutes, 13 sccm, 2.5 A for example C2), stopping the ion irradiation, the successive evaporation of the required number of layers of the antireflection coating, a step of depositing the antifouling coating (top coat) and finally a ventilation step.
- IPC argon ion beam
- the formation of the antireflection coating of the invention comprises: the deposition of a SiO 2 bilayer sublayer comprising: i) the deposition on the substrate coated with a first layer of SiO 2 with a speed of 1 nm / s (without ionic assistance) until a thickness of 75 nm is obtained (control by quartz microbalance). The shutter of the electron gun is closed and the evaporation stopped; ii) the deposition on this first layer of a second SiO 2 layer with a speed of 1 nm / s assisted by oxygen ions (corresponding to 15 cm 3 / min - 2 A). This second layer is deposited by priming the ion gun, preferably with the chosen oxygen flow rate.
- the silica granules are preheated again with the electron gun, and the shutter of the electron gun is opened to deposit a thickness of 75 nm silica, with simultaneous ion bombardment.
- the shutter of the electron gun is closed, and evaporation and ion bombardment are stopped.
- a multilayer antireflection coating comprising depositing the 1 st HI layer (ZrO 2) with a rate of 0.3 nm / s, depositing the 1 st layer Bl (SiO 2 / Al 2 O 3) with a speed of 0.7 nm / s, the deposition of the 2 ⁇ layer H1 (TiO 2 , from pre-formed granules) with a speed of 0.3-0.5 nm / s and a support of oxygen ions ( corresponding to 15 cm 3 / min - 2 A for example 1 and 18 cm 3 / min - 3 A for the example
- the formation of the antireflection coating comprises a deposition step on the substrate coated with the SiO 2 underlayer with a speed of 1 nm / s, under an atmosphere of O 2 at a pressure of
- the underlay appears grayed out.
- the abrasion resistance of the prepared articles was evaluated by determination of BAYER values by performing the BAYER ASTM (Bayer Sand) test according to ASTM F 735.81.
- a high value in the BAYER ASTM test indicates a high degree of abrasion resistance.
- the Bayer sand value is rated good when R is between 3.4 and 4.5, and excellent for values of 4.5 and above.
- This test consists in simultaneously shaking a sample glass and a standard glass of a determined reciprocating movement in a tank containing an abrasive powder (approximately 500 g of sand) of defined particle size at a frequency of 100 cycles / minute for 2 minutes.
- the "before / after" diffusion measurement H of the sample glass is compared with that of a standard glass, in this case a bare glass based on CR-39 ® , for which the BAYER value is set to 1.
- the diffusion measurements were made using a Hazeguard model XL-21 system produced by Pacific Scientific.
- the lenses of Examples 1 and 2 have better abrasion resistance than those of the comparative examples.
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